Milk shelf



J. S. C. ADAMSON.

MILK SHELF.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-2.1921.

1A85fi82 Patented Nov. M, 1922.

Patent@ Nev M, 3922,

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earner @FFHQEO JAMES S. C. MANSON, 0F OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

MILK SHELF.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, James S. G. AoAMsoN, subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the cit of Ottawa, in the Province of ()ntario, ominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk Shelves, of which the followin is a specification.

%his invention relates to improvements in milk shelves particularly adapted for household use, and the objects of the invention are to permit of bottles of milk being left by dairy companies in a pos1tion 1n which the bottles cannot be tampered with by children or animals, -so that there is no possibility of the milk becoming contamimated, toprovide means whereby the shelf can be located between the inner and outer doors of the house, during winter, and thus the occupant of the house will not experience any inconvenience in removing the m1lk bottle placed on the shelf.

Further objects are to provide means for carrying a plurality of bottles on the one shelf in such a manner that the majority of the bottles are suspended from the neck por tion, so that the covers of the bottles are protected.

Further objects still are to provide means whereby an order card showing the amount of milk, cream etc., required can be positioned in a conspicuous place, so that the delivery man can see at a glance the articles required, to provide receiving means wherein the money left for milk tickets or in payment of the goods,-may be placed, to render the shelf removable, and generally to adapt it to better perform the functions re uired of it.

ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists essentiall of the improved construction particular y describedof a single piece of material such as sheet iron or steel.

lhe blank from which the self is formed has its rear end cut in such a manner that a curvilinear flange 10 may be formed provided with a key hole slot 11 and an orifice 12, the objects of which will be made clear hereafter.

The front edge of the blank is cut to form an upwardly extending curvilinear flange 13, which is provided with. side wings l4 and this flange and integral wings are bent with a radius of curvature similar to that of the rear flange 10.

The flange 13 is provided intermediate of its length with a pair of U-shaped recesses 15 located adjacent to each other and designed to frictionally engage with the order card 16, which passes through each of the said recesses and around and engages with that portion of the flange located between the said recesses.

The lateral edges 17 of the blank are bent downwardly at right angles to that portion which forms the deck or top of the shelf to form flanges, and the edges 17 of these flanges are inturned and the points 19 bent upwardly.

The rear ends 20 of the flanges 17 are inturned and the deck of the shelf is provided with a depression 21 in which money can be placed.

When the shelf A is in use it isattached to a wall or frame of a door by a screw nail engaging with either the key hole slots 11 or the orifice 12, in the formed case allowing the shelf to be removed, while in the latter the shelf is stationary.

In this position it will be clear that the rear ends 20 of the flanges 17 abut the wall or frame of the door and so hold the shelf in a substantially horizontal plane.

An order card can now be placed in the recesses 15 and an empty bottle can either be placed on the deck of the shelf and embraced between the flanges 13 and 10 or it may be suspended by the neck from the inturned ed es 18 of the flanges 17.

r on ordering tickets the money is placed in the recess or depression 21 and an empt bottle being placed on the deck of the shelf the money Wlll be covered, but at the same time will be exposed to the view of the delivery man.

When the empty bottles have been removed the full bottles may be left in position by suspending two or more by the neck from the inturned edges 18 of the flanges 17 and by placing a third on the deck.

The size of the shelf can be of such dimensions as suit the requirements of the customer, that is to say if a large consumption of milk is required then a large shell will be used, whereas in small households where a small quantity of milk only is required, a small shelf will be used.

The order cards may be hinged to the front flange 13 and be spread in fan formation, the necessary number of cards being exposed to show the goods required. The flanges 13 and'l0 are slightly resilient so that they frictionally embrace thebase or lower portion of the milk bottle placed on the deck of the shelf.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently Widely difi'erent embodiments of my invention Within the scope of the claims, constructed, without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and notin a limiting sense. l/Vhat I claim as my invention is:

A milk shelf provided with a deck having downwardly depending angle flanges, an upwardly extending flange at one end of the deck, a pair of resilient wings at the front of the deck, and a depression in theideck, the said shelf being designed to beremovably attached to a supporting member, as and for the purpose specified.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of a witness.

Witness RUSSEL S. SMART. 

